I always wanted to try a polygraph
they’re like the pie fight of cop movies
or the acupuncture of the legal system
in movies and TV polygraphs are the
ultimate sometimes only way to get to
the truth but in reality that may not be
the case welcome to watchmojo.com feet
in the swimming pool in today’s
installment we’re separating facts from
fibs and counting down the five most
interesting facts about lie detectors
can I go to the top it number five lie
detectors can help create lies I’m
guilty guilty is that what you want to
hear in most jurisdictions polygraph
test results are not admissible as
evidence in Criminal Court nevertheless
police will sometimes use a polygraph to
extract confession from a suspect or
coerce an innocent suspect into making a
false confession that’s exactly what
happened to Jeff des kovitch who’s gonna
help me go back to when I was seventeen
again and live my life as a normal adult
as a teenager police interrogated and
tested him for over six hours before he
made his alleged confession he was
convicted largely on the back of this
evidence despite DNA evidence suggesting
that it wasn’t him which not only
reaffirmed my innocence but also
identified the actual perpetrator he
spent 16 years in prison until his
conviction was overturned lawsuits
against the officials involved
eventually awarded him over 54 million
dollars you have arrested an innocent
man really oh geez all right Colossus
you’re free to go number four polygraphs
are part of National Defense have you
ever dreamed of kissing your brother
no in the US the employee polygraph
Protection Act protects employees from
indiscriminate use of lie-detector tests
there are exceptions though including
jobs involving national security the
Department of Defense administers
thousands of tests to its employees and
prospective employees every year in 2011
for instance the DoD performed over
43,000 tests that yielded over 3,900
admissions of misconduct
you really have to calm down what a
booger I’ll fail the test
Ellen test what is this middle school of
course gonna fail the test test goddamn
farce however critics say that the tests
are a poor substitute for proper
investigative background checks and
point to an accuracy rate that is
sometimes estimated at as low as 60% 60%
of the time it works every time that
doesn’t make sense
number 3 with practice you can beat a
polygraph test just remember it’s not a
lie if you believe okay here’s how you
do it
according to anti polygraph Torg which
is a website devoted to exposing the
junk science behind polygraphs first
obviously make no damaging admissions
all right I’m gonna sit at home and idle
the ladies in the Victoria’s Secret
catalog Sears catalog second you must
produce a greater physiological response
when answering the control questions
than when answering the relevant
questions control questions are
questions on which the examiner either
expects you to lie or tricks you into
lying if your physiological response to
the control questions is greater than
your response to the relevant questions
you pass the test you can influence
these responses by controlling your
breathing or by hurting yourself during
the control questions look at you I’d
swear you
but machine says you’re clean just a
little nervous
number two questioning techniques are
more effective than polygraphs
so does shit actually works huh hell
yeah Americans are stupid people by
large we pretty much believe whatever
we’re told as I mentioned before
polygraph tests depending on who you ask
and who is conducting them are between
60 and 90 percent accurate bigger the
lie well they believe on the other hand
certain act of questioning techniques
like the Reid technique score very close
to perfect in experiments measuring
their effectiveness now these aren’t
100% accurate right there will you be
surprised how accurate they are
I can tell fairly easily if someone’s
lying enough granted the Reid technique
which is a 9 step interrogation method
that uses confrontation and manipulation
has been criticized for producing false
confessions in actual police work just
like polygraphs they were innocent
bystanders but were manipulated by
detectives till they lied
number one better lie detection
technology is on the way so that it be
hooked up to something
with the old system yes but with the new
lie detector 3000 it’s programmed to go
off when it hears you tell a lie a
number of other technologies have been
or are being developed that’s supposedly
promised to make polygraphs obsolete
including computerized voice stress
analysis and handwriting analysis
scientists at the University of
California Berkeley are refining a new
type of brain imaging that is over 100
times more powerful than MRI and my
detection will likely be one of its
first applications bioethicists are
already speculating that
ultra-high-resolution brain imaging
tools could jeopardize the mental
privacy of those accused of wrongdoing
in a military context though tools like
this could put an end to the use of
so-called enhanced interrogation
techniques when you lie to me I heard
you so what do you think how much face
should we put in lie detectors mr.
Barnes state your name Troy Barnes oh I
meant to say butts Carlton you didn’t
mean to say butts Carlton for more cross
your heart top tens and hope to die top
fives be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com do you understand yes
you
they’re like the pie fight of cop movies
or the acupuncture of the legal system
in movies and TV polygraphs are the
ultimate sometimes only way to get to
the truth but in reality that may not be
the case welcome to watchmojo.com feet
in the swimming pool in today’s
installment we’re separating facts from
fibs and counting down the five most
interesting facts about lie detectors
can I go to the top it number five lie
detectors can help create lies I’m
guilty guilty is that what you want to
hear in most jurisdictions polygraph
test results are not admissible as
evidence in Criminal Court nevertheless
police will sometimes use a polygraph to
extract confession from a suspect or
coerce an innocent suspect into making a
false confession that’s exactly what
happened to Jeff des kovitch who’s gonna
help me go back to when I was seventeen
again and live my life as a normal adult
as a teenager police interrogated and
tested him for over six hours before he
made his alleged confession he was
convicted largely on the back of this
evidence despite DNA evidence suggesting
that it wasn’t him which not only
reaffirmed my innocence but also
identified the actual perpetrator he
spent 16 years in prison until his
conviction was overturned lawsuits
against the officials involved
eventually awarded him over 54 million
dollars you have arrested an innocent
man really oh geez all right Colossus
you’re free to go number four polygraphs
are part of National Defense have you
ever dreamed of kissing your brother
no in the US the employee polygraph
Protection Act protects employees from
indiscriminate use of lie-detector tests
there are exceptions though including
jobs involving national security the
Department of Defense administers
thousands of tests to its employees and
prospective employees every year in 2011
for instance the DoD performed over
43,000 tests that yielded over 3,900
admissions of misconduct
you really have to calm down what a
booger I’ll fail the test
Ellen test what is this middle school of
course gonna fail the test test goddamn
farce however critics say that the tests
are a poor substitute for proper
investigative background checks and
point to an accuracy rate that is
sometimes estimated at as low as 60% 60%
of the time it works every time that
doesn’t make sense
number 3 with practice you can beat a
polygraph test just remember it’s not a
lie if you believe okay here’s how you
do it
according to anti polygraph Torg which
is a website devoted to exposing the
junk science behind polygraphs first
obviously make no damaging admissions
all right I’m gonna sit at home and idle
the ladies in the Victoria’s Secret
catalog Sears catalog second you must
produce a greater physiological response
when answering the control questions
than when answering the relevant
questions control questions are
questions on which the examiner either
expects you to lie or tricks you into
lying if your physiological response to
the control questions is greater than
your response to the relevant questions
you pass the test you can influence
these responses by controlling your
breathing or by hurting yourself during
the control questions look at you I’d
swear you
but machine says you’re clean just a
little nervous
number two questioning techniques are
more effective than polygraphs
so does shit actually works huh hell
yeah Americans are stupid people by
large we pretty much believe whatever
we’re told as I mentioned before
polygraph tests depending on who you ask
and who is conducting them are between
60 and 90 percent accurate bigger the
lie well they believe on the other hand
certain act of questioning techniques
like the Reid technique score very close
to perfect in experiments measuring
their effectiveness now these aren’t
100% accurate right there will you be
surprised how accurate they are
I can tell fairly easily if someone’s
lying enough granted the Reid technique
which is a 9 step interrogation method
that uses confrontation and manipulation
has been criticized for producing false
confessions in actual police work just
like polygraphs they were innocent
bystanders but were manipulated by
detectives till they lied
number one better lie detection
technology is on the way so that it be
hooked up to something
with the old system yes but with the new
lie detector 3000 it’s programmed to go
off when it hears you tell a lie a
number of other technologies have been
or are being developed that’s supposedly
promised to make polygraphs obsolete
including computerized voice stress
analysis and handwriting analysis
scientists at the University of
California Berkeley are refining a new
type of brain imaging that is over 100
times more powerful than MRI and my
detection will likely be one of its
first applications bioethicists are
already speculating that
ultra-high-resolution brain imaging
tools could jeopardize the mental
privacy of those accused of wrongdoing
in a military context though tools like
this could put an end to the use of
so-called enhanced interrogation
techniques when you lie to me I heard
you so what do you think how much face
should we put in lie detectors mr.
Barnes state your name Troy Barnes oh I
meant to say butts Carlton you didn’t
mean to say butts Carlton for more cross
your heart top tens and hope to die top
fives be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com do you understand yes
you
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